For the 16th consecutive semester, the grade point average for the fraternity, sorority and cooperative life community exceeded the all-undergraduate GPA at Purdue, according to a report released on Wednesday.
The community earned a collective 3.16 GPA in the fall semester, surpassing the all-students’ 3.14. Members of the community are made up of 89 organizations – some housed, some not. A total of 62 of those organizations had average GPAs of 3.0 or higher.
Four student councils oversee the groups. They include (fall semester statistics):
- Interfraternity Council (fraternities) comprised of 41 groups with 3,093 students, 3.01 GPA
- Panhellenic Association (sororities), 21 groups, 2,670 students, 3.33 GPA
- Purdue Cooperative Council (cooperatives), 11 groups, 340 students, 3.34 GPA
- Multicultural Greek Council (cultural Greek organizations), nine groups, 164 students, 3.32 GPA
- National Pan-Hellenic Council (historically Black fraternities and sororities), seven groups, 45 students, 2.75 GPA
